Preparing for life without nuclear power

Guardian: This weekend Japan will begin a bold experiment in energy use that no one had thought possible – until the Fukushima Daiichi power plant suffered a triple meltdown just over a year ago. On Saturday, when the Hokkaido electric power company shuts down the No3 reactor at its Tomari plant for maintenance, the world's third-largest economy will be without a single working nuclear reactor for the first time for almost 50 years. The closure of the last of Japan's 54 reactors marks a dramatic shift...

URL: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/may/03/japan-nuclear-power-closure
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